Subject: Practical English I

Subject: Practical English I – CAJ1

Prerequisites: to have relevant knowledge of English

Aims of the subject: to acquire an adequate level of English orientated towards students´ field of study

Subject matter:

1. Introductory lesson – information on the course, credit requirements;

2. Lesson 1 – Our land is your land!, avoiding repetition (NHW)

3. Lesson 1 – The American dream, reduced infinitives (NHW)

4. Lesson 2 – Never lost for words!, tense review (NHW)

5. Lesson 2 – “The Importance of Being Earnest”, phrasal verbs (NHW)

6. Lesson 3 – Big Business, adverb collocations (NHW)

7. Lesson 3 - An interview with Anita Roddick, comparing statistics (NHW)

8. Lesson 1 – Tourism services (English for Tourism)

9. Lesson 5 – Convention tourism (English for Tourism)

10. Lesson 6 - Eurovelo, The European Cycle Route Network (English for tourism)

11. Lesson 7 – Agrotourism (English for Tourism)

12. Revision

13. Credit test

Assessment: credit based on three written tests

Compulsory reading:

New Headway Advanced, Liz and John Soars, OUP, (2003). Student´s Book

English for Tourism, Dagmar El-Hmoudová, (2002). Fraus

Further reading:

Revell, R. – Scott, T. (2000). Highly Recommended English for the Hotel and Catering Industry. Oxford: OUP.

Harding, K. – Henderson, P.(1999). High Season. Oxford: OUP.

Gottheinerová, T. – Tryml, S.(2003).Moderní učebnice angličtiny. Praha: Svoboda.

Jones, L.(2001). Welcome! English for travel and tourism industry. Cambridge: CUP.

Travel books in English – the list on H:\UKAZKY\Kacetl\CAJ

Information on combined form of studies

Subject

Practical English 1 (CAJ1)

a) Web CT: N/A

b) other websites: N/A

c) Server H address is H:\UKAZKY\Kacetl\CAJ

Compulsory reading:

New Headway Advanced, Liz and John Soars, OUP, Student´s Book

English for Tourism, Dagmar El-Hmoudová, Fraus